FilmOrganizer

Free · Open source · Works offline

Break down the script.
Schedule the shoot.

FilmOrganizer turns a screenplay or a creative brief into a scene-by-scene breakdown, a shooting calendar and a stripboard. It runs on your computer, so your script stays with you.

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Free · Version 0.2.4 · macOS works on Apple silicon and Intel · first-launch steps

Everything from page one to call time

Built around how assistant directors and producers already work: breakdown sheets, eighths of a page, story days and a stripboard.

Import any script

PDF, Word, Final Draft, Fountain or plain text. Scene headings, page counts in eighths and speaking characters come straight from the file.

Breakdown in seconds, offline

Built-in rules find cast, props, wardrobe, vehicles, animals, effects and production risks in English and Spanish scripts. No internet, no AI, same result every time.

AI only if you want it

Plug in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or a free local model to catch what is implied but never written. Every suggestion waits for you to accept or reject it.

Briefs become scenes

A commercial brief or treatment without scene headings? The AI proposes the scenes to shoot: locations, Int/Ext, Day/Night, characters and key shots.

Calendar and stripboard

Drag strips into shooting days, coloured by Int/Ext and Day/Night, with page and scene totals for every day.

PDF and Excel exports

The breakdown, calendar and stripboard as a PDF to share, or as an Excel workbook with a tab for each.

Plan the week on a stripboard

Every scene is a strip. Drag it into a day, reorder the day, and see how many pages and scenes you are asking of the crew before anyone is called.

FilmOrganizer week stripboard with coloured scene strips placed on four shooting days, with page and scene totals per day.

See the whole shoot at a glance

The calendar numbers your shooting days and shows what is planned for each. Click any day to open its week.

FilmOrganizer month calendar with four numbered shooting days and the scenes planned on each.

Yours to keep

No account, no subscription

Download it and use it. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to renew.

Your script stays on your computer

Projects are saved locally. A script only leaves your machine if you choose to send it to an AI provider of your own.

Open source

The code is public under the MIT licence: read it, change it, build on it, including for your production company.

Download

Click the button for your computer and the download starts. Then open the file to install.

macOS

Download for macOS

Open the .dmg and drag FilmOrganizer into Applications. First launch: open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

Works on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

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